Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
; E3 b! o# _7 L# R8 D'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
6 q+ [/ f3 t8 s# O# s+ G' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
% B8 q$ A9 p( p6 ~5 ?'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
( K7 o! S0 X) C  k$ }3 ]; s'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
2 _: S' J% j+ E- k' Q'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
6 k8 P0 r+ d7 W* x8 w% y'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
& e5 L2 S5 ]# k, v# F  \6 a! t0 r' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
# N5 t8 L6 x: y'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
7 k- J+ J* l0 h  s" m, X& r5 h; C" G'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
; ]8 \, z4 Z+ NThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
1 D; W, b! D  \/ C'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
# g0 G3 V* ~' OWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
5 `) Z4 s; p) S$ J$ B9 m$ F6 q'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
+ g' m; r; x/ G( ~'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
- B+ ]4 t8 v) e'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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